Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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Some have proposed to levy a carbon or energy tax ranging up to $ 10 / barrel oil equivalent but it is unclear what reductions such a tax will actually achieve , if ultimately adopted . Certainly , in the United ...
Some have proposed to levy a carbon or energy tax ranging up to $ 10 / barrel oil equivalent but it is unclear what reductions such a tax will actually achieve , if ultimately adopted . Certainly , in the United ...
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... extending the renewable energy tax credit , proposing a ten million dollar solar bank which will provide ... on highly erodable lands with perennial vegetation , enhancing soil carbon reservoirs ; and • expanded tree planting ...
... extending the renewable energy tax credit , proposing a ten million dollar solar bank which will provide ... on highly erodable lands with perennial vegetation , enhancing soil carbon reservoirs ; and • expanded tree planting ...
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Our studies have shown that measures such as carbon taxes would be economically costly . For example , based on their assumed demand elasticities , these studies have shown that using tax measures to achieve a 20 percent reduction in ...
Our studies have shown that measures such as carbon taxes would be economically costly . For example , based on their assumed demand elasticities , these studies have shown that using tax measures to achieve a 20 percent reduction in ...
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We stipulated that the taxes should be revenue neutral in all countries through reductions in the personal income tax ... The United States would be among those nations most affected by the carbon tax with a loss of 3.1 percent in ...
We stipulated that the taxes should be revenue neutral in all countries through reductions in the personal income tax ... The United States would be among those nations most affected by the carbon tax with a loss of 3.1 percent in ...
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6 carbon would equate to a tax of $ 71.04 per short ton of coal , $ 11.42 per barrel of oil , $ 1.66 per MCF of natural gas , and $ 0.27 per gallon of gasoline . ) Fuel and energy prices would increase sharply .
6 carbon would equate to a tax of $ 71.04 per short ton of coal , $ 11.42 per barrel of oil , $ 1.66 per MCF of natural gas , and $ 0.27 per gallon of gasoline . ) Fuel and energy prices would increase sharply .
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